{"id":1844,"date":"2019-10-12T17:31:02","date_gmt":"2019-10-12T17:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/?p=1844"},"modified":"2024-02-15T21:56:24","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T21:56:24","slug":"issyk-kul-lake-bogonbayevo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/en\/2019\/10\/12\/issyk-kul-lake-bogonbayevo\/","title":{"rendered":"Enchanting stop by the Lake Issyk-Kul"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1844\" class=\"elementor elementor-1844\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-25a13be0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"25a13be0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-426bfab\" data-id=\"426bfab\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a98fd34 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"a98fd34\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-f0b7872 elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-calendar-alt\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-custom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSeptember 6, 2019\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-fcf06e9 elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-check\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-custom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDay 32\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-b7f90aa elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-compass\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-custom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBokonbayevo, Kyrgyzstan\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-5c90350 elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-suitcase\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-custom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t5556 Km\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-301455f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"301455f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p class=\"leadin wp-block-paragraph\">Latest when we had a one-night stop in a village called Bokonbayevo, we came to the conclusion that Kyrgyzstan is so beautiful and versatile that it\u2019s crazy. We decided to have a stop there because we wanted to see the Lake Issyk-Kul on our way from Karakol to Bishkek. But we had not been expecting to get our minds blown by the beauty of the area in this scale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cruising along the Lake Issyk-Kul<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Early in the morning we headed to the bus station in Karakol in order to catch a minibus, marshrutka, to Bokonbayevo, 133 kilometers away. We found one straight away, but we had to wait for some time before it was moving. The marshrutkas start only when the vehicle is full. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"579\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_2876-1024x579.jpg\" alt=\"Typical Kyrgyz marshrutka. And the man in front wearing a typical Kyrgyz hat\" class=\"wp-image-1847\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_2876-1024x579.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_2876-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_2876-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_2876.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Typical Kyrgyz marshrutka. And the man in front wearing a typical Kyrgyz hat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The scenery on the way was unbelievably beautiful. We knew that the Lake Issyk-Kul is the world\u2019s second largest alpine lake, but still we didn\u2019t expect it to be that huge. It was like cruising around next to a light blue sea, with snow covered mountains in the background. We saw many empty, sandy beaches and thought it would be the perfect beach holiday destination at summertime. By the looks of our surroundings, we could have as well been by the Mediterranean Sea or somewhere. But we got a reminder that we are in Asia, indeed, when people started to hand plastic bags to each other, and the kids began to puke up (this was the standard on our last Asia trip).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"579\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_2872-1024x579.jpg\" alt=\"Some views on the way. Hard to tell where the clouds are ending and the snowy peaks starting\" class=\"wp-image-1848\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_2872-1024x579.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_2872-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_2872-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_2872.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Some views on the way. Hard to tell where the clouds are ending and the snowy peaks starting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Arriving in Bokonbayevo<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Already on the way we had thanked ourselves\nfor deciding to stop by the lake, even if it\u2019s only for one night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We had booked the cheapest double room\navailable for that night and what do we get: a whole floor of a cute wooden villa\nfor ourselves (no other guests) with a lovely garden with fruit trees and an\nawesome breakfast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"579\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_20191006_082923-1024x579.jpg\" alt=\"Typical (awesome) breakfast in a Kyrgyz homestay: Milk porridge, blinis, bread, home-made jams and tea\" class=\"wp-image-1849\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_20191006_082923-1024x579.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_20191006_082923-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_20191006_082923-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_20191006_082923.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Typical (awesome) breakfast in a Kyrgyz homestay: Milk porridge, blinis, bread, home-made jams and tea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fairytale named Kyrgyzstan<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We didn\u2019t have many plans, just wanted to get to the lake. Already two persons had told us that we had to go to the Fairytale Canyon nearby. We were not very interested, as we had just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/en\/2019\/10\/09\/way-to-kyrgyz-border-pt-1-charyn-canyon-surprises\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"spent a night in a canyon (opens in a new tab)\">spent a night in a canyon<\/a> last week. The lady from our guesthouse said the same: we had to go to the canyon. Well, if we really HAVE to, we thought, and got a shared taxi there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Good that the people had been pressuring\nus, the canyon was amazing. First, we walked through the entrance. There was\nno-one there, so we didn\u2019t even have to pay. A bit further we came across a huge\nherd of sheep, like hundreds of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090718-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"First we saw many colourful plants\" class=\"wp-image-1850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090718-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090718-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090718-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090718.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>First we saw many colourful plants<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090723-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Then we saw the mountain of sheep\" class=\"wp-image-1851\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090723-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090723-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090723-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090723.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Then we saw the mountain of sheep<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090729-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Lots and lots of sheep\" class=\"wp-image-1852\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090729-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090729-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090729-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090729.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Lots and lots of sheep<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The canyon started looking more and more spectacular, with different shades of brown, green, red and yellow. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090748-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Seri hiking up the canyon\" class=\"wp-image-1853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090748-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090748-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090748-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090748.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Seri hiking up the canyon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"578\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090775-1024x578.jpg\" alt=\"So beautiful colours\" class=\"wp-image-1854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090775-1024x578.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090775-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090775-768x434.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>So beautiful colours<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090752-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"This formation reminded us of the Chinese Wall\" class=\"wp-image-1855\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090752-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090752-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090752-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090752.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>This formation reminded us of the Chinese Wall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And then we saw it, the view over the canyons. We really started to feel like being in a fairytale, can Kyrgyzstan even be real?! A canyon, a beautiful blue alpine saltwater lake and snowcapped mountains, all at once! With everything we\u2019ve experienced in the last days and now this \u2013 we have fallen in love with this country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1013\" height=\"1800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090769.jpg\" alt=\"The canyon, the lake and the snow-capped mountains, all in one picture\" class=\"wp-image-1856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090769.jpg 1013w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090769-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090769-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090769-576x1024.jpg 576w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1013px) 100vw, 1013px\" \/><figcaption>The canyon, the lake and the snow-capped mountains, all in one picture<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After walking around in the canyons, we had\na break on the beach. Then we hitched a ride back to the village.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"579\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090788-1024x579.jpg\" alt=\"An empty beach by the Lake Issyk-Kul\" class=\"wp-image-1857\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090788-1024x579.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090788-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090788-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090788.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>An empty beach by the Lake Issyk-Kul<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"578\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090798-1024x578.jpg\" alt=\"The water was very clear\" class=\"wp-image-1858\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090798-1024x578.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090798-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/P1090798-768x434.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>The water was very clear<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There would have been a lot more to see in\nthat area. Anyhow, we had to keep on going. We are starting to be a little bit\nin a hurry as we need to arrive to the China-Pakistan border before there\u2019s too\nmuch snow. 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